Texaco Cup


The Texaco Cup,, was an association football competition involving sides from England, Scotland and Ireland that had not qualified for European competitions.
It was one of the first football competitions to receive sponsorship, taking the name of American petroleum company Texaco for £100,000, and was instituted to help promote Texaco's recent purchase of the Regent filling station chain. Irish and Northern Irish clubs withdrew from the competition after 1971–72 due to political pressure, competing in a separate Texaco Cup in 1973–74 and 1974–75.
Crowds in the competition fell after the first few seasons, and it became the Anglo-Scottish Cup from 1975–76 after Texaco's sponsorship ended.

Format

For the first four seasons it was played as a straight knockout tournament, with sixteen clubs entered, all ties being two-legged. For the final season of the competition, 16 English clubs played in groups before being joined in the knockout stages by four Scottish sides.

List of Finals

Source:
SeasonWinnersRunners-upAggregate score
1971Wolverhampton WanderersHeart of Midlothian3–2
1972Derby CountyAirdrieonians2–1
1973Ipswich TownNorwich City4–2
1974Newcastle UnitedBurnley2–1
1975Newcastle UnitedSouthampton3–1

NB Finals played over two legs except in 1973–74

Participants

1970–71">1970–71 Texaco Cup">1970–71

, Nottingham Forest, Stoke City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers

Airdrieonians, Dunfermline Athletic, Dundee, Hearts, Morton, Motherwell

Ards, Derry City

Limerick, Shamrock Rovers

1971–72">1971–72 Texaco Cup">1971–72

, Derby County, Huddersfield Town, Manchester City, Newcastle United, Stoke City

Airdrieonians, Dundee United, Falkirk, Hearts, Morton, Motherwell

Ballymena United, Coleraine

Shamrock Rovers, Waterford

1972–73">1972–73 Texaco Cup">1972–73

Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Ipswich Town, Leicester City, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Sheffield United, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers

Ayr United, Dundee, Dundee United, Hearts, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, St Johnstone

1973–74">1973–74 Texaco Cup">1973–74

, Burnley, Coventry City, Everton, Leicester City, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Sheffield United, Stoke City

Ayr United, Dundee United, East Fife, Hearts, Morton, Motherwell, St Johnstone

1974–75">1974–75 Texaco Cup">1974–75

Birmingham City, Blackpool, Carlisle United, Leyton Orient, Luton Town, Manchester City, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Oldham Athletic, Peterborough United, Sheffield United, Southampton, Sunderland, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United

Aberdeen, Ayr United, Hearts, Rangers